Example sentences of "but his [noun] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But his voice continued in the same frightful hiss .
2 On 12 May 1758 he was discharged as incurable , but his name remained on the books , so that he could be re-admitted , but no longer without charge .
3 The greater part dealt with the Greek colonies but his heart lay with the Scyths and their affinities , a topic which he addressed in his 1942 British Academy lecture , The Art of the Northern Nomads ( 1944 ) .
4 White burst clear , but his shot cannoned off the legs of the experienced Barcelona keeper Zubizaretta .
5 Mead was blind for the last ten years of his life , but his interest endured in the game to which he had brought such commitment and talent .
6 But his mother went to the police and tried to have the old custody order enforced .
7 Parson 's interest in music began in the early-'70s , but his Bowie-fandom foundered at the Aladdin Sane gig at Earl 's Court in 1973 .
8 The discomfort in his chest had settled to a hoarseness as the bruise blossomed , but his stomach churned on the lees of booze and bile .
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